simple, yet effective

*photo courtesy of my favorite activists, Jonas and Alliyah, who were part of the peaceful group in downtown Portland, not the crazy splinter group that got pepper-sprayed.

p.s. I am not expressing my views on the war, so don't go nuts on me in the comments, please (that means you, Captain Conservative).

Wedding Snag #1

It turns out that the Captain and I have very different ideas as to what our centerpieces are going to look like. Mine would look something like this:



The Captain's would look something like this:


This may take some time to work out...

Subsidize This

Almost $100,000 in law school debt accrued so far. Thanks for the reminder, Financial Aid Office!

Indiana 70, Gonzaga...I can't finish this sentence

I know it was a long shot, but it would have been nice to watch a few more games. I'm guessing the Captain's going to be leaving Sacramento early.

Gonna Be a Good Day

I had to get up at 6 this morning to take the Captain to the airport so he can see his beloved Zags play in Sacramento...this is the earliest I've been up in a long time. It's pretty nice though...despite the insane drivers on I-84, the drive was ok and the sunrise was awesome. Seems like it's going to be a good day.

Too Coincidental to be True

This was recently posted in a comment on my friend Turd Ferguson's blog. I thought it was too funny not to show here. (I swear it's not me.)

Did my ex-boyfriend write this?

For those of you who have known me forever, you will believe that one of my exes could have written this. Thank the Lord the Captain is normal.

boooorrrrriiinng

Absolutely nothing exciting happened last weekend, so I don't have a good story for the blog. I watched about 200 hours of home remodeling shows on HGTV, three shows on Animal Planet (Killer Ants, Killer Elephants, and Killer Crocs - I guess I like things that kill) and the Captain and I bartended at the annual hometown Chamber of Commerce Crab and Oyster feed. That was it. That's okay, though, I don't mind boring. It's better than homework.

I'm Gonna Live Forever

Nova's 'Science Now' quotes an expert on aging as suggesting that the life span of a human is about 120 years. I personally don't know anybody who has lived that long, but it would be great to have another 40 or so years to live, especially if scientists could improve quality of life after age 75. I don't want to be wrinkly and decrepit for 40 extra years. And if anyone makes a joke about me being wrinkly and decrepit now, I will kick you the next time I see you.

enlightening, kind of

I've been a little anxious lately - mostly about my future and if I'm doing what I really want to be doing, blah blah blah.... Then I found this quote, and it made me feel a little bit better:

There seem to two kinds of searchers: those who seek to make their ego something other than it is, i.e. holy, happy, unselfish (as though you could make a fish unfish), and those who understand that all such attempts are just gesticulation and play-acting, that there is only one thing that can be done, which is to disidentify themselves with the ego, by realizing its unreality, and by becoming aware of their eternal identity with pure being. - Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon by Wei Wu Wei

One question remains: how is ego disidentification gonna pay the bills so that the Captain can spend the rest of his life on the couch eating bon bons??

Registries are fun

My mom and I went to a Crate & Barrel registry event last weekend. We had some champagne and picked a bunch of stuff for people to buy for us when we get married (not my mom and me - jeez, I didn't write that very well). But it got me thinking. It's weird that we're putting a bunch of things on a list basically telling people that we expect them to buy us things. This is especially weird when there are a lot of people who don't have anything. I've always been a fan of blatant consumerism, but I felt awfully selfish as I was adding 8 martini glasses to the list.

We keep feeling more and more that we just want to have a party with some great food and music with the people that mean the most to us. That's all the gift we need.

Now quit reading this and go buy us a place setting.

Yay for sun

What a freakin awesome day. I celebrated the sun by not doing homework and going on a walk instead.



My new friends, Deux and Max, were out enjoying the sun, too.

Tribute

My high school drama instructor died last week of cancer. I acted in two plays under his direction - "Fiddler On the Roof" and "M*A*S*H". He was really demanding and tough on his actors, but he inspired everyone and I learned a lot about acting and even a little about myself. He will be missed by a lot of people. RIP.